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Re: Problems Installing/Running Octave on Mac OS X 10.6.8
From: |
Ben Abbott |
Subject: |
Re: Problems Installing/Running Octave on Mac OS X 10.6.8 |
Date: |
Thu, 08 Mar 2012 07:53:21 -0500 |
On Mar 7, 2012, at 10:20 PM, Paul Sims wrote:
> On Mar 7, 2012, at 7:18 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:
>
>> On Mar 7, 2012, at 8:41 PM, Paul Sims <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mar 7, 2012, at 10:37 AM, Ben Abbott wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mar 7, 2012, at 2:13 AM, Paul Sims wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm having some trouble getting Octave to run on my mac, version 10.6.8.
>>>>> I followed the octave wiki instructions here:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.octave.org/wiki/index.php?title=Installing_MacOS_X_Bundle
>>>>>
>>>>> and got all the files (Octave, GnuPlot, and Aquaterm) into my
>>>>> applications folder. I then opened Octave, got the start up message with
>>>>> copyright, and entered the first line of code per the instructions from
>>>>> the wiki section: Running Octave and Gnuplot from a Terminal
>>>>>
>>>>> • sudo touch /usr/local/bin/gnuplot
>>>>>
>>>>> However, I got a message asking for confirmation since this could change
>>>>> my settings, which I said yes to and now I can't use Octave. All I got
>>>>> was a request for a password which I didn't know. When I click on Octave
>>>>> now I get my terminal screen, but with no recognition of Octave, no set
>>>>> up screen, etc. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling octave to no avail.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas on what I did wrong and what I can do to fix it would be
>>>>> GREATLY appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks in advance!
>>>>>
>>>>> - Paul
>>>>
>>>> The instructions below are only needed if you want to start Octave from a
>>>> Terminal's command line.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.octave.org/wiki/index.php?title=Installing_MacOS_X_Bundle#Running_Octave_and_Gnuplot_from_a_Terminal
>>>>
>>>> If that is what you want, did you follow all the instructions ?
>>>>
>>>> What does "with no recognition of Octave" mean ?
>>>>
>>>> Why do you expect a setup screen ?
>>>>
>>>> If all you want to do is run Octave you just double-click on the App and
>>>> Octave will be run in a Terminal window and begin by displaying the text
>>>> below.
>>>>
>>>> -------------------------------
>>>> GNU Octave, version 3.4.0
>>>> Copyright (C) 2011 John W. Eaton and others.
>>>> This is free software; see the source code for copying conditions.
>>>> There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or
>>>> FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. For details, type `warranty'.
>>>>
>>>> Octave was configured for "x86_64-apple-darwin10.7.3".
>>>>
>>>> Additional information about Octave is available at http://www.octave.org.
>>>>
>>>> Please contribute if you find this software useful.
>>>> For more information, visit http://www.octave.org/help-wanted.html
>>>>
>>>> Read http://www.octave.org/bugs.html to learn how to submit bug reports.
>>>>
>>>> For information about changes from previous versions, type `news'.
>>>> -------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Ben
>>>
>>> Well shoot, now I feel quite foolish for trying to start from the terminal
>>> screen but unfortunately I'm still having problems just trying to start
>>> octave.
>>>
>>> I only copied the first line of code in, hit return, before it asked for a
>>> password, which I didn't have. I tried typing but nothing was happening so
>>> I quit the program. When I start Octave now it loads the terminal screen
>>> and octave in the dock but the octave icon then disappears from the dock
>>> and I get the following message on my terminal screen: exec
>>> '/Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave'. The heading on my
>>> terminal screen reads: "Terminal - login - 80 x 24".
>>>
>>> When I say with "no recognition of Octave", I mean that I get a heading on
>>> my terminal screen that reads "Terminal - login - 80 x 24" instead of the
>>> initial one that says "Octave etc. etc. etc.". As to a setup screen, I
>>> meant I was expecting the intro paragraph that usually shows up
>>>
>>> At this point, I'd just like to run the program...
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>
>> Can you tell us what shows up *in* the Terminal ?
>>
>> Ben
>
> When I click on my Octave icon, it opens terminal with the following message:
> exec '/Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave'
>
> Paul
That is what it should do. What happens after that ?
If nothing, what happens if you open a terminal window and type ...
$ ls -l /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave
$ cat /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave
Ben